Could rabies transfer from drinking water?!


Question: Could rabies transfer from drinking water.?
there is dog which we suspicious that it might have rabies. dog is trying drink water but from first lick its stop- drinking I want to know if it will transfer to my pets by drinking the same water. may be some thing else wrong with him I just want to know.

main thing I want know is its rabies transfer through mouth by eating or drinking the

p.s and I want to know if if transfer through mouth to humans as well I didn't drink from the bowl but I touch this puppy from the neck and that dog is a female and which is the mother of the poppy and I saw she's liking this poppy and I remember that I have wash my hands but Im little bit of a phobic just need some informationHealth Question & Answer


Answers:
It is very very very unlikely, but technically possible.

Rabies virus is in the Rhabdoviridae family. The virus cannot live outside its host's body for more than a couple of seconds, but live virus has been found in animals that have been dead as long as 48 hours.

Rabies usually is transmitted through infected saliva as a result of a bite from an infected animal. Rarely, it is transmitted by viral contamination of a fresh wound, through a scratch, or through contamination of a mucous membrane (i.e., eyes, nose, mouth). There have been reports of rabies being transmitted through the air in bat-infested caves.

In the United States, rabies is rare, but probably under-diagnosed in humans. There were 32 laboratory-confirmed cases of rabies in humans between 1980 and 1996. It is believed that most of these cases occurred as a result of bat bites and dog bites that occurred in foreign countries. Human rabies is most prevalent in Asia, particularly India.Health Question & Answer

No, you can't transfer rabies through water. The virus isn't powerful enough to do that. It needs to stay nice and secure in it's bodily fluids environment. Water contact kills it.Health Question & Answer

ask a professional... veternarian, environment control or the related

definately a tough question.. don't go with assumptions; you need factsHealth Question & Answer

i feel like you're in the 2nd grade or something...Health Question & Answer

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